Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-15

then becomes the property of the other
party.
If an absence of the INCONSISTENCY which
charGoterizes the savage in his amatory
affairs be a measure of peoples civiliza-
ton, the Dutch must be pronounced the
most civilized people on earth, for the
Dutch lover is by all ODDS the most loyal
and patient. Engagements in Holland
often last nine and ten years, and are
rarley if ever broken. Marital intidelity
is something if not quite unknown, at
least seldom met with. "A bachelor Is
esteemed sort of social monstrosity in
the laad of bikes and bitches, and q
deep-rooted prejudice exists against cell
bacy. Philosophers of the Nautilus
school do not flourish here. BY ye fruit
full, multiply, and replenish the earth,
is command accepted and obeyed, The
Alpha and Omega of the Dutchman's life
are competence and family, and small
ness of the one is often accompanied by
largeness of the other, showing even in
that region of exceptions that while
pecissity is the mother of invention,
poverty is still the father of many child
rem"
What special advantage does our free
and united country give us in the matter
of love makingg None, it would seem.
The constant lover we must yield to the
Dutch. The old maid must seek
panacea for the ills of life in the far-off
Himalayan region. The matchmaker, to
attain perfection and the conditions OF
happiness, must take up her abode in the
orient. The progressive divorce courts
of the different states have still much to
ch 70 ~ he Nf
the Turk and Burmese. The mother-in-
law afflicted man must go TO the Pacific
islands, or double on his track and find
rest in the limitations OF the savages he
has endeavore6 to exterminate. Even in
the art of easy courtship, licensed as we
are, we must look to Vienna or Rouma-
MIA, and acknowledge our peers. A tray
eler describing scene in Vienna sum
mergarden says: when the gentleman
swarm up the hills, ladies begin to beam
and their faces bloss ON into smiles, show.
ing them more flower like than ever, and
then ensues an amount of naive and
elaborate Irritation 1 have never known
equaled elsewhere. The whole company
pairs off two and two on the solid prin-
ciple that it is not good for man to be
alone, and if any of the fair creatures
are left without gentleman, she sits
aside in gloomy silence, almost pouting
like disappointed child. This is one
of the finest wife bazaars in this part of
Europe. 1t would be safe to pronounce
these women bold huzzies in any other
place; but custom makes great differ
ence. The ladies are strolling here, form
ing engagements for life, exactly as their
grandmothers and great-grandmothers
did before them. Our society furnishes
nothing 40 innocent. Go a little way
east of this, say to Roumania, and You
will find the wife-bazaar completely I'M
disguised. The ladies are seated in
line in their carriages, the youths filing
by, and pausing before this or that beau
ty TO bargain with papa about her dowry
nnder her very nOse.' Just one feature
of loyemaking, as it operates among us,
is an indication of superiority and a
source of pride. There is no bargaining
with our papas about a dowry, never! We
are not degraded by having gold publicly
heaped around us when we step into the
matrimonial balance-nO, indeed! Such
is our degree of perfection, blessed be
progress! We are a large foritude in
ourselves